450-plant hydroponic crop worth $2m seized in Sunnybank house
Queensland Police raided a house on Littler Street in Sunnybank on 14 October 2015 after a public tip and seized about 450 hydroponic cannabis plants worth around $2 million; two men were taken into custody and later charged with drug offences.
🇦🇺 Littler Street, Sunnybank, Queensland · Queensland, Australia
Queensland Police raided a house on Littler Street in Sunnybank on the morning of
14 October 2015 after a tip from the public and found a large hydroponic cannabis
crop inside.[1]About 450 plants in various stages of maturity were seized along
with a large amount of growing equipment, worth around $2 million by police estimate.[1][2]
The house had been extensively modified to hold the set-up, and power to the house
had been diverted around the meters; officers had to render it safe before they could
dismantle the crop.[1]Acting Detective Superintendent Geoff Sheldon credited
information from the community for taking what he called a sophisticated and
well-hidden set-up off the street.[1]
Two men were taken into custody at the scene and later charged with drug offences; a
legal account of the case gives their ages as 32 and 22 and describes both as
Vietnamese men.[1][2]Their matters were proceeding through the Richlands and
Brisbane Magistrates courts.[2]
Case data
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The Queensland Police release no longer opens on its original page, so this report cites a verbatim republication of it alongside a legal account of the case.
The day-one police account describes two men in their 20s while the later legal account gives their ages as 32 and 22.
No court outcome is reported; the legal account says the matters were still proceeding through the Richlands and Brisbane Magistrates courts.
Police seized 521 mature hydroponically grown cannabis plants and cultivation equipment while searching a home on Brooks Parade in Belmont, Lake Macquarie, and two neighbouring properties on 9 November 2026. No occupants were found; police put the plants' potential street value at $1,042,000 and said inquiries were continuing.
ACT Policing charged two 35-year-old men, one with trafficking a trafficable quantity of cannabis, after searching a Turner home on 7 November and seizing dried cannabis, several other drugs, about $110,000 in cash and two luxury cars. The homeowner was refused bail on 9 November; the second man, arrested on a warrant, applied for bail.
Victoria Police arrested and charged two Highett men, aged 48 and 67, after a 29 October 2026 warrant on Peace Street. Officers seized cannabis, hydroponic equipment and other drugs; one man is remanded and the other is on bail.
Hunter Valley police seized 280 plants at Denman on 29 September 2026 and 925 more at Muswellbrook and Singleton Heights on 1 October, taking Operation Cages to 1,465 plants worth about $4 million; two men, 36 and 56, were charged and refused bail.
